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  1. ClassicFerrari

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    #1151 ClassicFerrari, Mar 10, 2008
    Joe, that 2nd-last post just made me realize that we rarely see GTO's with the lights popped. Funny. :)
     
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    #1152 DennisForza, Mar 10, 2008
    Make sit look like any old 308....... :D
     
  3. joe sackey

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    #1153 joe sackey, Mar 10, 2008
    I have learnt so much from him...

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    #1154 joe sackey, Mar 10, 2008
    Hmm, funny that, I actually prefer it to that of my F40 with headlights opened...

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    #1156 bbsouth, Mar 10, 2008
    Yes, from Jacques Swaters of Garage Francorchamps in Brussels after about 75 BB's, a few 308s and a half dozen 400i's--never like them so much.
     
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    #1157 bbsouth, Mar 10, 2008
    NO, French cars only, Belgian cars had white lights--I know I got cars from both Ch. Pozzi in Paris (yellow lights for which I was pulled over by Alabama's finest) and from Garage Francorchamps in Brussells (white).
     
  8. joe sackey

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    #1158 joe sackey, Mar 10, 2008
    Thanks for the clarification.

    You have a PM - a freind now owns your former GTO!

    Joe
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    #1159 shill288, Mar 11, 2008
    Yeah, but I never noticed until my painters pointed it out. They already knew from dealing with Ferrari how the GTOs ended up that way and what tints were being used. Of course, once they pointed out, I couldn't miss it. It should looked like Red to me. Besides, from behind the wheel, it all looked good.

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    #1160 joe sackey, Mar 11, 2008
    Perhaps its because the panels are different composite materials? I have seen one Asian 288 GTO (one of the 2 cars owned by Matsuda that I have posted here) that is disctinctly orange-red in most of the bodywork...

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  11. CollectorMorry

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    #1161 CollectorMorry, Mar 11, 2008
    I will be receiving these very early- second week in April, retail will be $695 but email me directly for special FChat pricing.
     
  12. joe sackey

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    #1162 joe sackey, Mar 11, 2008
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    Anyone know the situation with the sports exhaust system that adorns a fair few 288 GTOs?

    I understand that they were offered as a sports option and that the original systems were made in mild-steel and finished jet black. Now Im seeing units finished with what appears to be stainless steel tips. Any idea who makes these?

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    #1164 Teenferrarifan, Mar 12, 2008
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    #1165 EMILIO, Mar 12, 2008
    do you know who made the mild steel megafono exhaust? ANSA?
     
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    #1166 ClassicFerrari, Mar 12, 2008
    Ohhh nice. A Gullwing too ;)
     
  17. joe sackey

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    #1167 joe sackey, Mar 12, 2008
    Originally yes.

    I dont know who makes the newer stainless unit, but, both DK and Bob Houghton will supply it.

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    #1168 joe sackey, Mar 12, 2008
    Yes.

    Father & son team. Chassis number 53783, the 74th GTO built.

    They have an F40, Daytona Spyder and 275 GTB/4 too...

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    #1169 pagani, Mar 13, 2008
    The ferrari sleeper
     
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    #1170 shill288, Mar 13, 2008
    Joe,

    I don't believe so. The fenders, for example, are fiberglass all the way around, but the rears tend to be a different tint of red than the fronts. I think Ferrari just did them in batches because it was easier/quicker for them. I don't think it has to do with the fiberglass vs. kevlar vs. aluminum. Heck, Ferrari doesn't probably even no why.....

    Well, it's time to knock off the dust, the GTO is going to the FCA track event at Thunderhill in April.

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    #1171 modena1_2003, Mar 14, 2008
    I have always looked at this car as Ferrari's answer to "Shelby" and "Mopar" muscle. Not that Ferrari have ever needed to compete with that market, but it was the first real "BRAWN" (and not the one that quit to help Honda) Ferrari.

    I have LOVED this car because it looks so f**king powerful. It puts fear into the onlooker as though the car will snap at you if your out of line. Its the R. Lee of pre F40 Ferraris and looks like a bouncer after a fight.

    Can anybody post performance stats?



    _J
     
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    Steve,

    Another man who drives his...

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